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'''Creatures, Inc.''' (Japanese: '''{{ruby|株式会社|かぶしきがいしゃ}}クリーチャーズ''' ''{{wp|Kabushiki gaisha}} Creatures'') is an affiliate of [[The Pokémon Company]] (which itself is a {{wp|joint venture}} by [[Nintendo]], [[Game Freak]], and Creatures).<ref name="site-jp">[https://www.creatures.co.jp/company/ COMPANY - 株式会社クリーチャーズ]</ref><ref name="site-en">[https://www.creatures.co.jp/en/company/ COMPANY - 株式会社クリーチャーズ]</ref> It was founded on November 8, 1995<ref name="site-jp"/><ref name="site-en"/> by [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]] with assistance of [[Satoru Iwata]].<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/ipkj/vol1/ 社長が訊く『ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド・ソウルシルバー』]</ref><ref>[https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/pokemon/0/0 Iwata Asks : Pokémon HeartGold Version & SoulSilver Version : Just Making The Last Train]</ref> Creatures is one of the companies responsible for producing and licensing various aspects of the [[Pokémon]] franchise, including the {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}} and other merchandise in Japan. Creatures owns one-third of the copyright to the Pokémon franchise (the other two-thirds owned by [[Game Freak]] and [[Nintendo]]). Its current {{wp|Representative director (Japan)|representative director}} is Yuji Kitano, who has succeeded Ishihara and [[Hirokazu Tanaka]] in those respective positions since April 2023.<ref>[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/creatures-inc-sees-leadership-change-as-ceo-and-president-step-down Creatures Inc. sees leadership change as CEO and president step down]</ref>
'''Creatures, Inc.''' (Japanese: '''{{ruby|株式会社|かぶしきがいしゃ}}クリーチャーズ''' ''{{wp|Kabushiki gaisha}} Creatures'') is an affiliate of [[The Pokémon Company]] (which itself is a {{wp|joint venture}} by [[Nintendo]], [[Game Freak]], and Creatures).<ref name="site-jp">[https://www.creatures.co.jp/company/ COMPANY - 株式会社クリーチャーズ]</ref><ref name="site-en">[https://www.creatures.co.jp/en/company/ COMPANY - 株式会社クリーチャーズ]</ref> It was founded on November 8, 1995<ref name="site-jp"/><ref name="site-en"/> by [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]] with assistance of [[Satoru Iwata]].<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/ipkj/vol1/ 社長が訊く『ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド・ソウルシルバー』]</ref><ref>[https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/pokemon/0/0 Iwata Asks : Pokémon HeartGold Version & SoulSilver Version : Just Making The Last Train]</ref> Creatures is one of the companies responsible for producing and licensing various aspects of the [[Pokémon]] franchise, including the {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}} and other merchandise in Japan. Creatures owns one-third of the copyright to the Pokémon franchise (the other two-thirds owned by [[Game Freak]] and [[Nintendo]]). Its chairman and CEO was Ishihara until March 2023 and its president and CEO is Yuji Kitano, who has succeeded [[Hirokazu Tanaka]] since April 2023.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230330143146/https://www.creatures.co.jp/company/ The about section on Creatures' Japanese website as of March 30, 2023]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230304100526/https://www.creatures.co.jp/en/company/ The about section on Creatures' English website as of March 4, 2023]</ref><ref>[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/creatures-inc-sees-leadership-change-as-ceo-and-president-step-down Creatures Inc. sees leadership change as CEO and president step down]</ref>


The company was founded after the development team of Ape Inc. (known for creating the {{wb|Mother (series)|EarthBound}} series of video games) was disbanded. Ape still exists for the purpose of managing its IPs, and is an associate company of Nintendo and {{wp|Hobonichi}}.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2022/annual2203e.pdf Annual Report 2022 - Nintendo Co., Ltd.]</ref><ref>[https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/3560/yuho_pdf/S100K8OC/00.pdf Securities Report for Fiscal Period Ending August 2020 - Hobonichi Co., Ltd. (Japanese)]</ref>
The company was founded after the development team of Ape Inc. (known for creating the {{wb|Mother (series)|EarthBound}} series of video games) was disbanded. Ape still exists for the purpose of managing its IPs, and is an associate company of Nintendo and {{wp|Hobonichi}}.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2022/annual2203e.pdf Annual Report 2022 - Nintendo Co., Ltd.]</ref><ref>[https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/3560/yuho_pdf/S100K8OC/00.pdf Securities Report for Fiscal Period Ending August 2020 - Hobonichi Co., Ltd. (Japanese)]</ref>

Revision as of 21:02, 18 November 2023

Creatures, Inc.
株式会社 クリーチャーズ
Creatures logo.png
Creatures logo
Founded November 8, 1995
Headquarters Kudan-Kaikan Terrace 9F, 1-6-5 Kudanminami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0074, Japan
Type Private
Industry Video games, Trading cards
Website

Worldwide: Creatures.co.jp

Creatures, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社(かぶしきがいしゃ)クリーチャーズ Kabushiki gaisha Creatures) is an affiliate of The Pokémon Company (which itself is a joint venture by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures).[1][2] It was founded on November 8, 1995[1][2] by Tsunekazu Ishihara with assistance of Satoru Iwata.[3][4] Creatures is one of the companies responsible for producing and licensing various aspects of the Pokémon franchise, including the Trading Card Game and other merchandise in Japan. Creatures owns one-third of the copyright to the Pokémon franchise (the other two-thirds owned by Game Freak and Nintendo). Its chairman and CEO was Ishihara until March 2023 and its president and CEO is Yuji Kitano, who has succeeded Hirokazu Tanaka since April 2023.[5][6][7]

The company was founded after the development team of Ape Inc. (known for creating the EarthBound series of video games) was disbanded. Ape still exists for the purpose of managing its IPs, and is an associate company of Nintendo and Hobonichi.[8][9]

As of April 2023, Creatures has 232 employees.[1][2]

Games

Pokémon games

Developer

Pokémon 3D modeling

Packaging and logo design

Other credits

Non-Pokémon games

Peripherals

Other Pokémon products

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 COMPANY - 株式会社クリーチャーズ
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 COMPANY - 株式会社クリーチャーズ
  3. ↑ 社長が訊く『ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド・ソウルシルバー』
  4. ↑ Iwata Asks : Pokémon HeartGold Version & SoulSilver Version : Just Making The Last Train
  5. ↑ The about section on Creatures' Japanese website as of March 30, 2023
  6. ↑ The about section on Creatures' English website as of March 4, 2023
  7. ↑ Creatures Inc. sees leadership change as CEO and president step down
  8. ↑ Annual Report 2022 - Nintendo Co., Ltd.
  9. ↑ Securities Report for Fiscal Period Ending August 2020 - Hobonichi Co., Ltd. (Japanese)
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